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Helping higher ed turn big ideas into real change for students.

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Get more Coloradans enrolled in post-secondary programs that will lead to good jobs.
That’s the challenge in a nutshell. https://t.co/pvrIMZDLvg @COPublicRadio

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Seven community colleges across the country will study and share best practices for integrating advanced manufacturing credentials into their college curriculum, thanks to a $600,000 grant from @GM — and @LCCStars is one of them! #MIColleges https://t.co/dhD4IcWE5f

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Colleges and universities have started hiring directors of basic needs to address growing food and housing insecurity among students. https://t.co/u4oM516RDp @insidehighered

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Another recent MCSS report focuses on growing basic need supports at #Michigan community colleges. View the publication at https://t.co/hm0sCUTD2X.

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Cuyahoga Community College President Michael Baston wants to break down systems to better help Black students. Here’s how he plans to do it. https://t.co/9FobGB1ctv @TriCedu @signalcleveland @amymorona

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California Begins Service Program for College Students: Students receive $10,000 from the state to pay tuition and living expenses in exchange for 450 hours of community service work. https://t.co/Dm4lOMysqM @nytimes

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“Businesses need to be clear about the skills needed for their workforce and colleges need to clearly articulate how they can provide relevant training.” https://t.co/1dOK1KrlEj @Comm_College @HarvardHBS @insidehighered @SaraWeissman

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The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program and CCRC will be collaborating to produce two publications in support of improving transfer student outcomes, particularly for students of color and low-income students. https://t.co/m5Httsc3Ek @DiverseIssues

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The average completion rate for #comm_colleges continues its upward trend, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center: https://t.co/IflgcpyRyi via @comm_college, @mattdembicki, @NSClearinghouse

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"Leaders can best serve their colleges by being open to bold ideas & implementing creative solutions in the areas they can control." - Matt Gianneschi of @colomtncollege & @kcbrendakays of @kilgorecollege. For more insights, explore our Rural Brief Series: https://t.co/obTzR3MZ7M

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Paid apprenticeships now available at all Alabama community colleges https://t.co/gziOwgR34O @ALcomMobile

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Very exciting! @grcc will be offering training that will increase the number of community health workers in West Michigan. Students will be able to earn a community health worker, medical assistant, or personal care assistant certification. #MIColleges https://t.co/L3ydAZJNYw

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For more strategies, explore our Student
Financial Stability Demystified resource at: https://t.co/W8Ff6arLls

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NCII offers 5 strategies that can help colleges frame an institutional approach to student financial stability.
These strategies are based on our in-depth work with colleges & state systems that are
making student financial stability a priority:

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3. Connect students to partner supports. Conduct an inventory of existing relationships and compare those services with students’ needs; deepen engagement with external partners to provide more direct and ongoing assistance to students (including co-location on campus).

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It will be important, Edgecombe says, to balance the interests of industry and workers.

“What these workforce-forward policies do is elevate that conversation a bit more—hopefully for good.” https://t.co/Uim2ZcEOrw @workshiftnews

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"Combining proactivity and sustainability is the sweet spot in our recipe. We provide an immediate Band-Aid for whatever is keeping a student out of the classroom, and then build a plan to help the students stay on track into the future." - @MacombCollege

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We are proud to have partnered with and profiled colleges across the country that are making student financial stability an institutional priority. Each of these colleges changed its practices to ensure more students are on a path toward long-term social and economic mobility.